00:00He placed the bicycle on the ground before placing his foot on the pedal, trying to ride it.
00:05You see, he had cut each metal piece himself,
00:08attaching tiny pedals to small cranks and screwing the pieces together into a bicycle.
00:14When he was done, it was only 3.3 inches long,
00:17ten times smaller than a kid's bike,
00:20Meaning the smallest shift in his weight would send him tipping over.
00:23Yet he spent countless hours training to ride it,
00:27Translated by Nancy Qanqar
